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The two songs I chose to analyse are “ The Great Disappointment “ written by Davey Havok from AFI and performed by AFI, “ Hollowed be thy name “ performed by Cradle of Filth, writer unknown. The theme that I thought was the most important in both of these songs is disappointment. I will be discussing how this issue is presented and developed in these two songs by comparing, contrasting and using intertextuality. To help me, I will be using three main conventions Structure, Music and Lyrics. The “structure” contains three main parts verses, chorus and ordering of ideas. “ The Great Disappointment” has three main verses and one main chorus while “ Hollowed be thy name” has ten verses and no chorus which gives us a feeling as though the narrator is telling us a story rather then a song. In both of the songs the ordering of ideas changes from positive to a negative. In the great disappointment the author’s point of view changes from hopefulness to disappointment when he realises that the “white creatures” and the “ amaranth” that he has been wasting his life for while searching, hoping and waiting for, aren’t real. They are only in his dreams, a sick twisted joke of this own subconsciousness. In the other song the ordering of ideas changes from despair, confusion and fear of death to anger and disappointment when he realises that religion, god and afterlife – the things people dedicate their whole lives to believing and following is a lie – “ just a strange illusion”.
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